late to this party, but here is charlie!! that kind of rhymed. all right, so i’m hope, she/her, cst and super super excited for seaside 2.0. a little about me: i watch a lot of tv and fall in love with characters far too easily (i’m already in love with all of yours just from reading intros). i adore animals and want like all of them. and if all goes well, i’m gonna be a nurse in a little less than a year! but for now, below is a bit about charlie. also feel free to read her bio linked here. fair warning, it’s not the most updated version. also ignore my outdated connections page. i’ll be working on both some time this week, fingers crossed. hmu for plots or like this and i’ll msg you.
RITA VOLK? No, I think that’s just CHARLIE SIMONS, the 25 year old Brighton resident who has been there for A YEAR AND A HALF. They are currently employed at the BLUE MOON DINER as a SERVER and their coworkers say they’re CHARISMATIC though sometimes NAIVE. If you get to know them better, you might find that SHE WAS NAMED TO RESEMBLE “HARLEY QUINN” AS HER PARENTS ARE HUGE COMIC BOOK NERDS. Don’t forget; they identify as FEMALE and use SHE/HER pronouns!
to start off, her birthday is tomorrow! she’ll actually be turning 25, but for the sake of simplicity, i just rounded up as it’s so soon.
born and raised in birmingham, england with a now watered down brummie accent. sounds a bit like felicity jones if you need reference.
her parents met when her mother was studying abroad in the states, so her dad is american (from georgia) while her mum is british (from cambridge). they are both giant nerds and passed that trait down to their kids as well.
her parents are super supportive and chill with pretty much anything she does. they care about their daughter’s happiness the most. charlie’s especially close with her mum, and the two will often hang out together.
she has a younger brother by two years named cam who is definitely one of her best friends, and he often acts like the older one than she does. he’ll be going back to uni v soon, which charlie is in denial about since he’ll be leaving home.
about a year after she graduated uni, her family moved to brighton for a change of pace and the nicer weather. her mother quit her corporate job to become a personal accountant who works from home though not that often. her dad still stays busy though as he’s a neurologist at a local hospital.
charlie graduated goldsmiths, university of london with a degree in media & communications and italian. she developed a passion for filmmaking and has been a part of a number of student productions, both in front and behind the camera. though she prefers behind the camera and wants to go to film school to be a director or cinematographer.
it was how she met her ex-fiancee estelle who she was with for around two years. they were engaged shortly after graduation, but after estelle’s mother died, their relationship crumbled, and she soon left charlie. getting over the break-up was one of the hardest things charlie has ever done.
she’s working at the diner to save up for film school. she’s planning on applying but doesn’t know when (one day, charlie, one day) because she’s terrified of failure and secretly doesn’t think she’s good enough. it’s also been much harder to stay creative without her uni friends to collaborate with.
she is bisexual btw but seems to have a preference for women from her dating history. her most recent relationship ended a couple months ago mutually for a combination of reasons. she’s not exactly looking to get into something serious again but isn’t against something happening organically.
her hobbies include gardening, making youtube videos, watching a lot of movies and critiquing them, exploring brighton, and spending time with her family and friends.
she got into gardening from her grandmother on her dad’s side who she would spend vacations with in georgia. maintaining a garden every summer is a way for charlie to remember her. and she also finds the activity very soothing.
fun facts (as if this wasn’t long enough)
she was born two months premature but has been relatively healthy ever since
she does have adhd (only discovered she did in uni) and asthma (mostly induced by exercise and allergies). she takes medication for both.
due to an incident where she almost drowned in the ocean when she was younger, she stays away from the water and does not know how to swim. it’s definitely a deeply embedded phobia. she’s brave enough to walk along the pier and sit on the beach though.
her favorite place in brighton is actually the pier, but you can find her pretty much anywhere. she likes to spend friday nights at neon or get lost between the shelves of page turners books or go on spontaneous road trips with her mum’s car.
she’s kind of a klutz, and it definitely took her a while to get the hang of waitressing at blue moon. now she’s more of a pro but can be a bit clueless about certain things at times. would rather spend time goofing off with her co-workers.
she’s skeptical about the local legends but doesn’t believe in dismissing anything without firm proof, so it’s more of a ‘wait and see’ mindset with her.
she’s had a family cat named Mr. Bingley for many years now, who is a bit of a grump, but she loves him. would really like a puppy some day.
she doesn’t eat red meat
she has two tattoos but wants a third
when she was twelve to thirteen, she went through an emo phase.
tl;dr -- in the words of my old intro post, charlie is an aspiring filmmaker, a gardening enthusiast, and a secretly sensitive ball of feelings who’s a loyal friend with a kind heart.
